Sunday, 21 October 2018

On Thursday 25th October
at 6.30pm St Mary Mags is privileged to be hosting a special free talk, “Auden,
the Psalms, and Me” by the American poet, J Chester Johnson. He will be talking
about working with W H Auden on the translations of the Psalms for the American
Prayer Book. Please do come along and enjoy a glass of wine in the
newly-restored church.

St Mary Magdalene’s Dedication Festival

Today is the anniversary
of the consecration of the church by Bishop Jackson in 1873, and coincides with
our return to worshipping in the main church, and so is an occasion of special
joy for us this year, so please stay for the party afterwards.

All Souls Day

Make sure the All
Souls Day Requiem is in your diary, 7.30pm on Friday 2nd November at
St Mary Mags. There are lists in church for the names of the departed.

St Peter’s Dedication Festival

We shall keep St
Peter’s Dedication Festival with a combined service next Sunday 28th
October. There will be no Mass at St Mary Mags that day. There will be a party
afterwards, so please bring food. See Pauline for guidance.

Cakes (larger single
cakes & individual cup cakes)mince pies etc. The more the merrier!
Please bring on the day.

Christmas Fair Meeting

There will be a meeting
for anyone interested in helping with the Christmas Fair at St Peter’s after
church on Sunday 4th November.

Harvest

We are collecting for the Foodbank for Harvest,
and there are slips with a list of what they do want and do not want. If you
weren’t able to brings things today we can still accept harvest donations today
and next week.

Book Club

The Book Club will meet at 7:30pm on Wednesday
12th December in the Meeting Room, upstairs at St Peter’s. We are
reading “The Bertie Project” by Alexander McCall Smith.

Sunday, 7 October 2018

As usual we shall keep our harvest thanksgiving
in One World Week, so that will be 14th October, next Sunday. We
shall be collecting for the Foodbank, and there are slips with a list of what
they do want and do not want. Please be generous with your support of the
Foodbank, which is meeting real need, absolutely on our doorsteps.

Pilgrimage

We have our own saint’s
shrine in Westminster, which is the grave of St Edward the Confessor at
Westminster Abbey. His feast on 13th October, and the Abbey now
takes it very seriously. There is a Sung Mass at 5pm on Friday 12th,
and then on Saturday 13th a whole day of celebrations, with the
Abbey open from 9.30 for pilgrims, and opportunities for prayer and activities
for adults and children all day. There will be a Festival Eucharist at 11.30
and Evensong at 3pm. Fr Henry intends to walk to the Abbey as a pilgrim, and
invites anyone who would like to join him to assemble outside the Vicarage at
9.30.

St Mary Magdalene’s Dedication Festival

The dedication
festival is kept on Sunday 21st October, and coincides with our
return to worshipping in the main church, and so will be an occasion of special
joy for us this year. The combined Mass will be at 11am, and there will be no
service at St Peter’s that morning. There will be a party afterwards, so please
bring food.

Working Party at St Mary Magdalene’s

The restoration works
at St Mary Magdalene’s are nearly finished, and the builders intend to hand the
church back to us on 19th October. We shall need a working party to
clean and move furniture on Saturday 20th from 10am. Please bring
dusters.

St Peter’s Dedication Festival

We shall keep St Peter’s
Dedication Festival with a combined service on Sunday 28th October.
There will be no Mass at St Mary Mags that day. There will be a party
afterwards, so please bring food. See Pauline for guidance.

Book Club

The Book Club will meet at 7:30pm on Wednesday
12th December in the Meeting Room, upstairs at St Peter’s. We are
reading “The Bertie Project” by Alexander McCall Smith.

All Souls Day

Make sure the All
Souls Day Requiem is in your diary, 7.30pm on Friday 2nd November.

Special Event

On Thursday 25th
October at 6.30pm St Mary Mags is privileged to be hosting a special free talk,
“Auden, the Psalms, and Me” by the American poet, J Chester Johnson. He will be
talking about working with W H Auden on the translations of the Psalms for the
American Prayer Book.